Enjoy :)
Disclaimer: I do not own Jimmy Neutron or Red vs. Blue.
The Blues, minus Sheila and Andy, who had not yet been found, were led out of the lab by following Jimmy, Carl, and Sheen. This was a weekend, so the local residents, adults and children alike, found themselves with surprisingly more free time, so it was obvious there would be some of them driving around or playing, or hanging around. The Blues obviously would look conspicuous next to all of them.
"Now you may look a little different, but that's to be expected with me," said Jimmy, "If anyone asks, I just tell them the truth…I successfully brought cyberspace data into the real world as human beings."
"Real world?" asked Tucker, "Hell, no! Our world is as real as anything!"
"Yeah, I don't know where you get off telling us we're not real," said Church, "You can poke us all you want…actually, no, you can't, I get enough of that crap from Caboose…but you can clearly see we're as real as you are!"
"Hey Nerdtron!" came a screeching voice from across the street. Everyone turned and saw a blonde girl with a ponytail in Capri's walking towards them with another girl with big hair.
"Who are they?" asked Tex.
"Perfect timing, Vortex," said Jimmy, in a condescending tone.
"For what? Laughing at you again?" asked Libby.
While Cindy and Libby laughed with each other, Jimmy ignored their taunts and continued by saying, "Allow me to present to you characters from cyberspace data!"
"For the last time, we are not data!" cried Church.
"I think Goddard takes a little liking to you," said Carl.
Church looked down, and through his infrared visors, he saw a small robotic dog by the name of Goddard dropping bolts on Church's foot.
"Goddard, not on the guests," said Jimmy.
"What the hell are you talking about?" asked Church, "Actually, you know what? Never mind, we don't have time for this crap. Come on, guys."
"Where are we going?" asked Tucker.
"And why aren't we taking Goddard with us?" asked Caboose, who had already taken a liking to the robotic dog.
"Are you Numbnuts forgetting something?" asked Church, "We're missing Sheila and Andy, Doc is nowhere to be found, the Reds could be anywhere, and we still don't know who O'Malley infected!"
"You don't think he got taken here with us?" asked Tex.
"I should hope not," said Church, "If this is Earth, it's filled with all kinds of whacked out technology for O'Malley to rig."
"Listen, Jimmy," said Church, looking down at Jimmy, Cindy, and Libby, "I almost hate to abandon you even if it's just for a little, but we've kinda got a situation here that is more important than your little science experiment, so we're gonna go take care of that."
"Goddard, come back!" cried Sheen.
Goddard was rubbing himself on Church's leg, somehow wanting accompaniment from Church.
"What the hell? Is that thing humping you?" asked Tucker.
"You've clearly never had a dog, jackass," said Church, "This thing can't come with us!"
"Yes it can," replied Tex.
"What?" cried Church.
"Well, think," said Tex, "O'Malley jumps from host to host using radios and other forms of technology. If this thing is with us, then in the worst case scenario, we can finish O'Malley by destroying the dog."
Goddard instantly leaped back, growling at Tex, with everyone from Jimmy's gang crying out, "No!"
"Actually, that is a good point," replied Church, deep in thought, "Fine, but you guys have to come with us. If that nuts and bolts thing is what I think it is, I'm not cleaning up after it."
"Alright!" cried Sheen, "we get see awesome science fiction heroes in action!"
"What the hell are you guys talking about?" asked Church, "Actually, never mind, just try and keep up."
"Hold on a minute," shouted Cindy, "What makes you think you can just drag us into your drama?"
"Yeah, we only came here to see what Jimmy was doing," said Libby, crossing her arms, giving off attitude.
"Because you're taking this situation too lightly," replied Church, "And I can't have a bunch of little kids tampering with our mission when the fate of the universe is in jeopardy!"
"The fate of the universe!" cried Sheen, "How awesome!"
"Little kids?" asked Cindy, "Who do you think you are?"
"Church," said Tex, "Let me have a talk with them…I'm sure to convince them."
"Knock yourself out," replied Church.
Back in Downtown Retroville, there were groups of children in the candy bar giving odd stares towards one common direction. They were either looking at the table with red soldiers, or the other red soldier talking to Sam, the owner of the Candy Bar.
"I keep telling you, buddy, we don't have computers in here!" shouted Sam.
"How about ammo?" asked Sarge, trying to communicate with Sam.
"We don't have ammo, or rocket launchers, or anything you bozos keep asking for!" cried Sam, slamming his fists on the counter.
"How about a bathroom?" asked Donut, "I really have to go!"
"Down there," replied Sam, pointing towards the back.
As Donut ran towards the bathrooms, Sarge continued attempting to get some things from Sam, which he probably did not have.
"So no computers, no ammo, no weapons," said Sarge, "What kind of a disgrace are you? This wouldn't pass off as a safe house for anyone!"
"Safe house?" asked Sam, "I'm no military man!"
"Nonsense!" cried Sarge, "Of course you are! Everybody has to do their part in this war!"
"Don't you belong in Iraq?" asked Sam.
"Iraq?" asked Sarge, "Dear God! It's worse than I thought! We're nowhere near Blood Gulch! This must be some sort of depraved alternate dimension where no one has any weapons, no fighting spirit! A dark, horrible world with no one to fight!"
"Or," said Grif, "It could just be a regular town with regular people."
"Quiet in the peanut gallery!" shouted Sarge, "Don't you dare backtalk your superior!"
"Just ignore him, sir," said Simmons, "I'm sure someone here does their part for the war. Hell, maybe these kids here smuggle weapons for their families, or act as spies."
"Dear God, I didn't even think of that!" cried Sarge, "There could be enemies on the way here any minute now!"
Sarge cocked his shotgun and started pointing it at everyone, shouting, "Nobody move! This is a military operation! If you have any sort of communication devices or weapons on you, drop them now!"
"Yeah, Sarge has definitely been in the military too long," moaned Grif.
"You there!" shouted Sarge, "Drop the phone and get down on the ground! This is a military operation!"
"And why should I?" asked Nick, who was pulling out his phone to make a call.
Sarge carefully aimed his shotgun and pulled the trigger, knocking the phone out of Nick's hands, falling broken to the ground.
"That's why!" replied Sarge, "If there was a bomb in here, a device like that could give off a signal to trigger it, and I'm not taking any chances!"
"There's a bomb in here?" asked Sam.
"Everyone run for your lives!" cried the children as they ran out of the Candy Bar.
"Well that's just great," said Grif, "Way to scare everybody shitless, Sarge."
"Shut up, Grif," moaned Sarge, "This is a strange new world, and I don't like it in the least."
"Hey you guys, you should see those bathrooms, they're…" Donut came running out of the bathroom only to see that his fellow soldiers were the only ones left remaining inside the Candy Bar, and asked, "Where did everyone go?"
"Scared 'em shitless!" exclaimed Sarge, "Come on, men, let's go find some signs of humanity."
"That was humanity, Sarge," said Grif.
"Shut up, Grif!" cried Sarge.
"(You do know those were just ordinary citizens, right?)" asked Lopez.
"Exactly right, Lopez," replied Sarge, "they could have easily killed us all! Those childish expressions don't fool me!"
Tex came back with Cindy and Libby to where everyone else was.
"Okay, let's go," said Tex.
"Did you talk to them?" asked Church.
"Let's just go," said Cindy.
As the crew began walking towards their destination, Church pulled Tex aside to the freshly painted house Jimmy lived in and asked her, "Okay, seriously, what did you say to them?"
"I told them the truth," replied Tex, "If they're going to get in the way of a military operation, they're part of the problem. I told them that when I'm faced with a problem, I take care of it the only way I know how."
Tex cocked her weapon, signifying she would threaten to shoot Cindy and Libby if they got in her way.
"Okay, a little extreme, but I guess they got the point," said Church, "Let's go! O'Malley could be anywhere by now!"
To be continued...